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Method and apparatus for removing carbon dioxide

US5876486A · kind A · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Dornier GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Steinwandel · Überlingen, DE
Walter Jehle · Ravensburg, DE
Burkhard E. Wagner · Highland Park, US
Theodor Staneff · Bermatingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 1996
Grant date	Mar 2, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02C20/40
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for continuously removing metabolically produced carbon dioxide from respired air, such as the air found in life support systems or cabin circulating systems, using two sets of hollow fibers disposed in a flowing, carbon dioxide-selective liquid membrane. The carbon dioxide-containing respired air flows through the first set of hollow fibers and the second set of hollow fibers serves to carry away the permeate stream.

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